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â-  .- '^ DARE HE? OR, A SAD LIFE STORY hul il is true all the Hot al all well ; CHAPTER XXV. ! luugh, and yiMiiM a liimi irriluted slap lo i Sybilla's '.â- oveilol â€" "considoring how A new day lias awakcne«]. »mdFlren7.o, I lijuch juness we already have in the fresh-washtxl afler ytslciday's inin, I houw; ; hu : ha ! i>m«iU/ifi IhroiiKh all hur strocls of lilies, laughs up, wLsturia-hiing, lo a Deckless fckv. If poor Amelia had bul deferred fcer Ireal for iwenly-four hours, whal a diH«i«jil V allonUirostt would she and jiiT companions have carried home in llieir iiioinories ! Amelia'g treat I "I shall nol forget Amelia's treat, in a hurry !" Bur^oync says lo himself, as hi Kits appelitelffis ovjr his soHlary breakfast. "I had better t'o and tell her the result of it." Ai he makes this rcfiection, he rises wilh soma alacrity, and leaving his scarcely tasted cofti-e and his not-al-all- tasted omelette walks out of the salle a manger. His motive lor so early a visil 1-1. Ihe Angki-Americain is less an exces- sive eagernese to pioflaim his piece of news than Ihe thought that by so doing hi will, at least for u lew hours, escape Ihe necessity of being in hus young friend's company. As to where I hul young fru'nd at present is, whether, afler !ia\ing wandere<J about the town all iiighl, ho is now sleeping laic, or whe- lli r he is already off to i>ersocutt! poor Mrs. Le Marchnnl for I hat maternal blcb^ing which .slie has so little inclina- tion to give, Jim is ignorant. All he knows is that such another dose of Hyng's erotic eloquence as he had lo I. .1 iiliow last night will leave him (Bur- ll'<j'ne) cither n murderer or a .<!uicide. {Mn<^ to his t»rrivttl at the Angto- /•mpricain so much sooner than usual, hfc finds himself coming in for the cere- mony C.I SJytiilla's installation for Ihe day ill the dr.\v:ng-r<iom. There is always u little poniji of fussy bustle about this nlc. Syi.iUa totters In (grave doubts" liBve occasionally cros.s*yl the minds of ht'i (amily as Ui whether she does not in idiiily pos,sess a pair of excellent and till roughly dependable legs), supported oil on« side by Amelia and on the oilier i.y her maid. Cecilia goe.s on before with «n air-«ushion, and Mr. Wilson follows, when he does not turn restive â€" which is sometimes tlie c«se--with a duvet. To- day, n.'i I have said, tliis rite is in full v«tebration wticn Jim arrivtis, but us Ix'- JDg perfonned wilh mutilated glorus. Tlie rite is going foi-ward, bul llw; high pilest is absent. That ininlstranl, upon wttose arm the sufferer is wont lo lean for the most heavily ; she upon wluuii 4evolves IImj wliolo n'spfjnsibility of ar- renging the three cushions behind the long, limp back ; the properly covering Uie languid fi>el ; the nice udrninustering •f U»e reviving cnrJial drops Hint arc to repair the fatigue of tJie Iraiusil fmm bedroom to fiitlmg-roomâ€" llial most im- portant and unfailing ministrant is no- where lo be seen. No artist wishes his picture to be viewed in an inchoate, un- ^nlshod singe, nor is Sybilla al all anxkiuii lo have the public admilled lo the sight of that eminetit work of art tiursell uatli she is .stret<;hed in faint, moribund, gi'ace/ul coinplelen<\ss on her <lay-bed. Al the hi-comlng point, where (ilK) is silling sidiways on her eofa, be- fore her wa-slcd limbsâ€" Burgoyne Is one ol those herc'ics who have never l>e- Ueved that they are wastedâ€" have been carefully lifUni into their final posture of ontension upon the Austrian blanket. It is, of all momcnis, ttie one at which Mi<erru|)lion Ls least welcome; nor Is the mlruder al all surpiised al being greeted by the invalid wilh a more than uubacid accent. "My dear Jim, already I Why you be- came more ti\»linKl« every day I you are Ihe early bird Indeed I You do not"â€" with an annoyed laugh- "give us poor wonns a chance of t>eing beforehand with you." "I am very sorry if I am loo soon," re- plies he, his eyes wandering iiwny from Uie frelful features Ix-fore him In search of others upon which he knows l>o shall and written no complaint of preiiialure- â- flas â€" "bul I came lo Where's Amelia ?" "You may well ask," replies .Sybilla, with a sort of hysterical laugh. "It is pretty evident that she Ls nol h<»re ! My AMr Cls, would you miiio renvembering that my head is no' made of mahogany ? You g^ve it such a bang wilh that oushlon. I am very sorry to trouble you. Tluf heavie.st load a sick i)€rson has to tmr ki the feeling that slio is such a bur- den to Itiosc around her; and certainly, my dear, you do not help me to forget B- "Where Ls ehe?" n-peals Burgoyne iMMtily, tiolh bticAu.'M he wanl^ to know, «Dd becauae he la anxious lo strangle in Hi infancy one of those ignoble family Mckerings, to aasist at many of which koB been the privilege or penally ol lua jUte of Intimacy. •^h« i» not well," replies Cecilia short- ly, her rosy face rosier than usual, either with the joy of imminent battle or with (be exertion of nwaddling, under protest, 0bL Invalid's now elevalnl legs. 'Not well I Amelia nut well," echoes he. In a tone ol inoredulitr. During all Ihe years of Iheir acquain- tance nol once has ho heard his patient BWeetlieart d'jmplaln of ache or pain. Manlike, he ha.s therefore concluded that ttf* can never have felt either. *U Is very Ihoughtleas of her," say-s C^cUla, wiUi u nut altogether tunlahle same, she is not she is in bed." \ "In bed !" ".She masl have caught a chill yester- day on that disgusting excursion ; driv- ing home thai long distance in wet slices and stockinj^." "Bul 1 thought, 1 hoped thatâ€" 1 aske»l her U> change them." "She had them dried in a sort of svay ; but I could see when she put them on again thai they were really wringing; wet still. 1 told her so, but she only answered that even if they were, what matter? she never caught cold. You know thnt Amelia never thinks that any- thing malliT.-: Ili:il (â- (in''Mns herself." This w<iiilil i.e ^m rvrn Imiidsomer tii bull' lo Amelia lliriii it i>. if II did nol suggest a M'c<iii<liiry inlentioii of admin- istering a back-haiid<.'r lo .some one else. "Ill Ihe case of iny children," says Mr. Wilson, making his voice heard for thf first time from the window, whei-e he is discontentedly peering up .iiid down the sheets of a journal lluough his sptn;- tacles. "there seems to be no mean pos- sible between sen.sele-ss rashness and preposterous self-indulgence." Mr. Wil.-ion likes his eldest dnughler. lie is uneai^y and U|i64'l, anil rathex' angry al her indi.«(|)osilion, and this is his way of sli<jwing his palernnl lender- ness. "In bed ! â-  The human animal Ls the most adap- tive of cre«l«Hl beiaK.<! ; bul even it re- quin« some lillle lime lo adjust iUself lo enlenng new conditions of existence. "Amelia," continues Mr. Wilson, fan- ning the tlame of his ire with the b<!llows of his own rhetoric, "is Ihe one among you wliom I credil with tlic possosskin of a head upon her slwulders, and now- here she is wantonly laying herself up ! ' "You talk as il she did it on purpose, falher," say.s Cecilia wilh an indignant laughâ€" "as if she enjoyed il. I do nol Ihink Ihat any one. even -Sybilla"â€" with a resentful side glance at the sofa- "coiild enjoy having lu\r lecth chattering with (;old, Imt head as lieavy as lead, and her knees knocking logellK'r under her. " "(rood heavens !" cries Jim, his be- wildered siiniriso swallowed up in genu- ine alarm ; "you do not ineuii lo say that stie is as bod us llial ?" Sybilla laughs, and even in Ihe inidsl of his real anxiety, Burgoyne has time fo- the relleclion Ihut the Wilson family .seem this morning lo have &e donne le mot to show in how many different slylcs il is possible lo be merry without Ihe least tinge of genuine mirth in any. "My dear Jim, have not you known Cis king enough not lo t.iike her au pied de li lelire'? l)o not you know ol okl whal I' magnilicent colorisi she is?â€" a peifecl Tliilorel I Of oourse Amelia Ls nol quite Ihe thing, pour dearâ€" she has no one bul herself lo blame for lliall-but equally of coui-se, lo a colossally healthy jwrsori such as she, any little ailment api)ears u mounlain." This speech is uttered with the accen! of such entire ounvicUon tiiat it ought to carry reassurance into the tiearl of the (KT.son lf> wtwm it is addi>'.<Mod. Sybilla really and twiieilly disbeli<'ves in the ijullly of any claiiius Imi her own tu siiiccre sickness. Hut Jim unreasonably neither Is nor feigns to Ik- reassured. "You have had advice lor lier? You have .s«;nl for Dr. Coldslream ?" he a.sks rapidly of the two sound memlmrs of the iMiiiily, turning his Liack unccieiaonious- ly upon the invalid. "1 was going to send for him at once," answers Ocilia. her own latent anxiety i|iiickemHl by Ihe evident alarm of her mlerloculor, "bul .Sybilla said il was needless, as in any case he was coming II. see her this allernooii." "1 Ihink he wiKh<>.s In change my medi- i^lne," puts in Sybilla in a piano voice, Ihat stiows an evident desire tu assert t.er threatened posili<]n of prime and only genuine invalid, a sort of "beware <it imiUitions" loFM' ; "he is not quite .salislled with lli* effe<'t of itte last. 1 think ; it has not broiighi up Um pn'ij^e and quickened the appetite in the way he hoped. I thought that he might run up and look al Amelia al Uie end of his visit I ) me." "And Is it possible, ' iiiquirt^ Jim. wilh .some heul, "that you are going to let half a day go by without <loing anything for her? I suppose you have not exagger- ated, have you?" luniing with an earnest appeal in hit; eyes lo Cecilia ; "bul in any case I am very sure Ihal noUiing .short of being really and gravely 111 would have kept her In bedâ€" she who is always wail- ing hand and toot upon us all, whom we al! allow to spend her life in hewing wood and drawing waler for us." "Send for Dr. Coldfilre«in al once " says Mr. Wlta«n irritably ; "at once, I tell you ; he is so very seldom out of the house Ihal I have often thought of sug- gesting lo hlni to take • room here ; and now, on ths only occasion on which he is really needed, he is nol at haLnd." "II you will write th« note," says Jim, a shade relieved at having at last suc- ceeded In rousing Amelia's relatione to prompt action and leeling a leverish de- .sire to be doing aamelhing, "I will take It at oDoe ; U wiU kw Um quk:k«st way ; I may catch him before he goes out and bring him back wilh inc. ' "I)o you really IhiriK it L-. Hecessary '!" asks .Sybilla. as Jim liiialk's Cecilia to tier writing-talile. and ^lalulâ- ^ iicr\'>ii.-l> lid- geting be--)ide licr a.-^ slic unl<'^ ; "do you lliink if il ii, only a coiiiiimhi void. aN I â- .uspect. Ihal il is quite fair l<p wi/rij a man who is so run oil his Icg^ already'.' Ill,' will protiably luugh in >our lace; ^lill, if you arc su set uixm il. il i-" per- haps more .sali>fa<-l<ir). ' "You need not go iiilo deluilsâ€" just a liiie-niaki' hasle .'"' ciie> J in. hanging iiiesumolN over tU'cilia. la her inipiKJing her than llic ic\crse by lii> imiiatieiin.'. iind leu ing enliii'ly iiiiiioliced .Svliilla- 'i|>servalioii. which inilccd \\;i.-. Ijeeii ul- U-rcd more lo procrve Ipt ouii si'll- rcsi)ecl lliaii wilh tiiiicli hope llial in llic |irest.'nt wiong-heuiled stale of mind <if tier family any members will pay much heed to il. In five miniiles nmrc. Jun. wilh (let-il- ia's nole In hi.-, po(-kcl. Ls USng borne rapidly in a liai re Ihroiigh Ihe sweel gav slre<!ts. liul, drive as rapidly us he may, hi LS li<)l (|uick enough to inU'icepI the |K!pular Kiiglish <l<Mlor, who. allhoiigli. as his servant Uiiiloli/iiigly informs Jim, h; is almosi alway- ,il home ul thai tu.ur, has, uii lliis «•« cii---ion. Iiei'ii seiil for to an iirgi-iil (-a-,e of â- â€¢iKhleii lllm•^^ out of l-'lorence. al Hie village of Pere- lohi. Jim has lo coiilenl him.^clf wilh the .-Lvsuruiii.e Ihal iiniiu'diulel} (iii his re- lurn the note will be given him ; and vilh this uiisatisfacloiy intelligence .Mr. Bwgoyne reap|»'ai-> al the Anglo-Ameri- cain. He linds the Ihri'i- persons whom he had left nucli as he had quilled lliein â€"uneasy, cross, and unemployi'd. "Jl is the fault of Ihal odious e.xptnll- lioii yesterday." sa.\ > CecHia. harking liack lo her old cry. "W hy we »el out al .'ill. I can'l iiimgine ; on such a day. it was n^a(lne.^.^. and " "It is nol iiuuli ii.-,o lliinkiiig of Ihal now,' interrupts Burgovne impalienlly. and wincing al ltie.se (ihilqipics ugaiiwl his poor bride's niis«'i-able ti-eul as if lliey had been directed against herself. "Well, it is an ill-wind thai blows no- iKidy good, " pursues the young lady. "1 suppose that Iwo of us enjoyed it enough I-.; make up lor Ihe wrelchedneas of the other four." Her large prominent eyes are fixe<l upon Jim as she sp<>aks with a virl of knowingness overlying their former lugubrious expression. "Do you mean iMr. Byng and MiAs I.e Marchant?' inquires he, pronouncing both names willi a labored dLslinctness, while his voice .sounds lo liimself loud and wooden. "You are perlwlly right in your conjecture ; no doubt they enjoyed ilicmselves. llyng wished me lo tell you that tl«ey are engaged t<i be murrieil." If the esseiKx' of a good pioi-e of news is lo surprise, Jim can certainly nol nailer himself lliul his comes under thai head. "It did fiol require a conjurer lo pro- phesy that," is l.ecilias comim-nl. "1 never saw Iwo i)eople who twubled lhei»selvcs' less lo disgni.-io their feel- ing. I saw Ihat they neiUier of them knew whether Ihey were on their heiids or on their heels, when Ihey emerged dripping from thai lioiri<l pine wood. Dear nw; ! 'â€" w..h a good-si-Aed sigh - "1k)w smoothly things run for some people ! Iww easily st^rnie of lht«>e affairs cxjine off, wilhoul a hilch anywhere from beginning lo end I" She pauses, and it is plain to those ac- iiualnled with h<^r heart history thai lier 'houghls arc coursing mournfully back lo the all-aUiiig reluctant and ullinialely entirely Iaillile.ss elergymiui who had last pos-sessed her young afhvlions. "Without a hitch fr.ni U-ginning lo end?" cried Jim holly, jarred more than h • would like to ow u lo himself by this phrase. "How con you passibly lell? lltese ai-e early days to assert that so dognialically. "There's many a slip 'Twixl the cup and the lip.' " "Do you mean to .say thai you think it will nol come off ?' asks Cecilia, a slight- ly pleasurable light wiming into lier eyes as Khe asJis-not that she hus any Ill-will towards Elizabi'th, luir any distinct de- sign of her own npon Byng ; but there is something not absolutely disagreeable In her in the Wea of hLs being still among Ihe ranks of the possible. "1 am sure ho would make a deUght- ti.: huslMind," puis in .SybiUu, her praise given tmphasLs by her desire lo employ • t as a weapon «if offence against one who Ls at present more deeply than usual in her black bixjks ; "he has such gentle, feminine ways ; he comes into a room so (iui*;lly, and when he asks one how one is really lislens for the answer." "Perhaps you are right ami il will fall through," says C.ecilia thoughtfully ; "many engagements do I " (sighing again). "She is a sweet, pretty creature, and looks as if butler would nol luell in her month, bul she is evidently older than he." "Jiin will not alkiw Ih.il to be an ob- jection," cnes Sybilla wilh a fain laugh, "will you, Jim? How much older iii&u you Is Amelia? 1 always forget." "I never can help thinking that she has a history," rt«uint>s Cxcllia. In a nwdita- live voice, "and that Mr. (U>eenock knows it. II ever her name Is men- tioned ha always begins lo look wise, as if there were son^ething Ihat he was tonging to tell one about her ; it is con- tinually on the Up of his lougufr-sonte day It will tumble ov« the lip." "I do not thin*; thai there is any use In my slaying all this while 1" crkai ilm, jumping up. "Dr. CuWslream cannot be hci« at sootwst for anollier hour; and I do not Ihuik that we are, any ol us, very good company tor each other to- day, M I will look in again later." (To be continued). Anparagus Is tho oldest plant used lor lood. Retired letter earners should be clas- sified as post-grSiduatcs. There is neither thunder nor lightning within the Arctic Urdt^ il HOME. I l>l>IIKS 1-|!(.».\1 "l.lil-T-0\T-:R.s.' ; .\ <:tiec-e Soulll(.'--l'ut Iwo tablespoon- liil-> of liullei inlo a deep frying pan, and when il liLise-. slir into il two lable- >l'Ounful-> of Hour. Hul; and stir to a l-iiKoU) â- "roiiN â-  and add gradually a I iipful ol iiiilk. Bring to a boil, having dr<ip|>ed a quarter of a leasjioonful (I .•^ida inio Ihe milk, and stir in an even < iqiful of yru'eil cheese, a salbspoonfiil < [ sail and a dash of cayiuiiie. In two chilleil Ixmls have ready Ihe yolks and Ihe wtiiks of four eggs, beaten separ- iiiely and very ligfii. Turn Ihe conbmls <!f the frying jian into a third bowl, and pour in with thus gradually the beaten yollvs. beating all the time. Fold inlo Ihe- nii.xlure. and liglilly, the stiffened wliil<'s. Pour all inlo a bake dish ready l.ealeil and liiilterwl, and bake iji a iiuick .steady oven lo a delicate bi-own. Sen<l tu llie luble i)roiiii>lly before it fulls. ; liie.ul aiid-Chet.se .Souinpâ€".Srald two cupfuls of milk. a<lding a half-leaspouii- ful of >iida. .Add a cujiful of fine, dry j crumbs, and lake from Ihe lire? Leave |th<' ei-\inil)s in fxjak for ten ininules, ilea' to a siii'toth paste, add a cupful if lliiu'lv grated and very dry cheese, a tal>k'sp.ionfiil of melted butter, a pirich Ol cayenne and a salls|)o<inful of salt. Ileal hiinl for a minute, and add the y.lks of three egjrs wliijiiMHl light; lasl- i'y, Ihe stiffened whiles of the egj^s. Pour into a lioiiled and butlcred bake dLsh, sift line cracker dasl on the top and I lake, covered, for llfteon minutes in a iLiisk ovin. Uncover and brown lightly. ' A delicious dish, and more wholesome ;llian OIK.' busiHl entirely upon chei'se. Hiik«»iJ .SouUle of Eggsâ€" .Scald a cup > ' milk, pulling in a tiny pinch of soda. Ileal lh<' yolks of six eggs until light :ind creamy, and Hie whites till sliff enough lo slaiid alone. Add one-halt icaspounfiil of salt, a dash ol pepper and one roundetl tablespoonful of but- jlei to Ihe milk, and stir it inlo the : yolks; then tieat in IhtS whites very 'quickly. I'our into a deep, butlered pudding dtili and bake in a moderale I oven Itti iiiiiiules, or to a delkiate I brown. .â- Serve Immedialely in Itte bake- idish. I Orange Soullle- Cut stale sponjre cake jinto small cuhe-s and saturate with or- ange juice. Pour into a dish and pour over it rich custard. C/>ver wilh whipped I cream and put Maraschino cherries on top. I Spinat-h Sounie -Chop a cupful of cold |oooked spinach very Une, or run it through a vegetable prcv-". Beat in a |tublesjKX)nful of inelte<l butter, salt and pepper to taste, half a leaspoonful 1 1 ,RUgar and a pinch of mace or nutmeg. jSlir and beat lo a siiKiolh paste; add half a cupful of rnilk. Ihe beaten yolks if llhre<' eggs, Hnd when these are well I mixed with 111? olh«r ingredients, pour le Ihe stiffened wliiUis. Beat for tWrly seconds and turn inlo a buttered dish. Bake twenty minult's in a quick oven. V is very gooii. Green Pea Soullk? â€" Mash a cupful if cooked peas to a .smooth pulp, woikiiijj ll:i as you go on a labl<'.spoonlui of nielle^l butler. Mix wilh IhLs a cupful cl milk. mUi which you have droppc-d a pinch ol .Hoda. Season witli salt and pcpi*er; t«iil in the whipped yolks of jht-ee oggs, uud. a iiiinule later, the slif- (ened whiles. Tiirti inlo a buUe^Hl hakeilish; liakc, cov<Ted. in a brisk oveu lor twonly iiilnutes, llu'n brown light- ly Potato .Soiinie â€" Into a cupful f.f mashed potatoes work a cupful luid n half of milk which has tieen s<'Nlded. â-  and a flinch of soda added. Btvd hard land light. Season with siill and [leii- pei' and a leasjioonful of onion juioi'. ,\dd a lea.spoonful of nielUvl bult«'r and beat to a cream Ix'toi-e whipiiing in the yolks, then Ihe whiUrs of two b«'alen eggs. Turn uilo a luilleMHl- pudding dish and bake, coveicd, for len inuiules Ih a quick oveii. Then, uncover and brown. Hici' .Siullh"- Make a roux of a l.ible- .si'oonful of hiitler and one of flour lieal- iHi and stirn>l t.ieether iji a saucepan. When smooth fwiur m a cujiful of milk healed with n bit <<t soda. Beniovo from Ihe lire, and, wlit'n il is hikewonn, beat mlo tilt' saui-e a euplul of cold lioileil rice, then the yolks and finally the wtiiles of three eggs, beaten sepuralelv. bake in a pudiliug dish set in a quick oven. Keej) the dish coveietl for ten minutes. The (Jiawn of .Soullles -Soak half a |K>und «jf pruiiiti over mghl. On the imirrow dniiii Ibeni well, /•"inove the slones "and iiiiiux- 'he piuiu-s lliiely. Whij) the whiltvs nf seven eggs lo a standing foam, beat in quickly six spoiuifuls <it (xnv(tere<l sugar, whip the uiinced prunes into this ineringiM;; turn uilo a liullereil pudding dish and bake In a hot oven. Twtmty minutes should send It tu table hot and tiighâ€" a very dretim of llgUln^.'s* and 4elici«usness. Serve whipped cream as a sauce. Ontoii Soullle-- -Moke us ,vou woukl the rice soullle, suh.'Uilulljig for the ooW boiled rice « cupful of boiled onions-- yeslerday's "k-ttover' - run through Ih* oolaoder ur vegetable press, and froe from all bit^ <>! -sUlu and llt>re. II .s very »a»ory. Dale Soullk^ I* niadf in the same way, awl Is e.sb'Ojned by »ome epksures a? hardly second lo the "Queen." Choc«>late Soullle- Make a roux of « tablespoonful ol bullet and one ol flour In a saucepan. When smooth, add, by degrt>es. throiMjuarters nl a cupful of milk. Have ready In a bowl Ihe beaten yolks of three eggs, into which have been alirrod Utree lablespoonluls tf Kugar. Turn the white sauce upon tbte; add four lahkspocmfuls of grated s-weel ; chocolate, and whip lo a lukewarm rrenni .Sei nyi ice lo cx/l. stirring now aikl then lo binder a cnisl from form- 1 g. Whin quite coid, fold in th« frothed whites of ihe eggs, and turn in- lo a buttered pudding dish. Bake (fuick- ly and serve at once with whipped crt^ain. HINTS KOR THE HO.ME. To Whiten CloJliasâ€" Pat Iwo leaspooo- ; fills ol lurptmline inlo the copper in ! which they are iKJiled. I CNilhi'.s linos an<l (vgs will ki'cp in good condWion niui:h longer il they mre- I toiled for kii niinu'-e- bclore using. While kid gl<ivc5 uij^ slipp<-'rs can be t:Ienne<l with dry pipe-chy. Use a still bnish for Ihe purpose and rub until the- spots disappear. .Stains on knives. howev<»r obslinate. w-iil inslanlly disappear il rubt^J with a piece of raw potato. A clioai) dL>^lnfoct.lnt to lose in scrub- ting or washing utensils in a sick-room is mado by adding a leaspconfii! of tur- pentine to every bucket of hot water. Turpentine is u powerful disinfectant, and will dLspei all bad oiior.s. To Iinilal,' 'Oround Ciliis.s. â€" Daub the glass over wilh a lump of glazier's but- i>, carefully and uniforinly, until the surface Ls equally covered. Thi» is an excellent imilalion of groiiiKl glass and is nol disiurbcd by rain or damp air, II is very useful foi- kitchen windows, glass doors, elc. 1 If stale bread i.s inimersed for a tno- nveiit or two in cold wat^r. and then is rebakcd. it is in every resp«x;t equal to newly-baked bread. .Another way to freshen the bri?ad ,s lo dip t,he loal, wrappetl in a cI»»Bn cloth, inlo boiling water, and allow it lo remain for half a minute. Then unroll tho cloth. I To Meniove Ink from Whit* â- Washing Cioods. â€" Wet the spots wilh milk and â- tl»en cover with common salt, or rub the spoLs with a cut lemon l^efore wash- ing. (S) Hub the stains with a solution <d oxalic acid in the proportion ol • U-aspoonful lo a cupful of liot water. SometiiiH'S you Will notice a reddislk slain on 'lie fabric after the oxalic acid. In this case apply a wenk ."solution of chloride of liine ui>d wash the gocxte a; once. Cleaning Black Cashmere. â€" When cashmere dres.ses are shabby they may I* renovated by first brushing and shak- ing well out of doors lo tree from dust.' Then sponge with Ihe following oom- pound: Pour one pint of boiling water over on* ounoe of powdered borax and hall an ounce of powdered borax and hall an ounce ol gum camphor: when ft has become coW add half a pint of al- cohol, and shake tt well, rhis mixture keeps well if tightly corked, and is ex- cellent for ooal collars and black l«lt hats. Kitchen r/)inlort--In every kitche* there should be a very high chair and a very kiw one. Kcouoniy ol jilrenglh is true wlstloiii on the pari of a worker, and much standing and conslant fstigu* - and sometimes actual illness â€" may be avoided by Ihe ase of proper chairs. Plain ironing, mixing of puddings, and many other tasks may be done as well v.hen silling on a high chair or stool a< when standing; and Ihe low chair Ls us«^ful for sitting in lo shell peas or siring curtaiJis. when i* is convenient to have a tiowl in one's lap. and another bowl or basket on the floor beside one. ♦ • TnADKS l-X)K SOLDIERS. .\ ScJieme to Fit Them lur Itetum !•- I CivU Life. 1 The new scheme of training soldiers during tlieir services with the colors ia order lo lit Ihein for return lo civO life has now N>en eiiibodied in a circu- lar iiddixassed by the British War Oinc» lo Ihe varioii.s military commands. The circular directs Ihe attention of the gen- eral officers commanding lo the neces- sity of arousing the interest of the men in Iheir future pi>ispects. and to take steps to secure tohnical instruction »or them III the mo>it suitable trades and occupation."!. In Ihe report in queslkm the follow- ing "trades" were considered a.s gener- ally suitable: Shorthand and typewrit- ing. coi-r-espondeMce and bookkeeping, carponiei'ini.'. slvcu'ing and blacksmith's work. i>lah-laying mid trenching, rail- way s giialliiig, saddlery, slaughtering ishiy'ii and callle. lelegraiihy. electrical wiring, farm work and ploughing, driv- ling and care ol tiorses and harness, ! motoring and driving motor vehicles. j It is suggt'sled that conimltlees <.t nlllccrs be appointed to lake the mat- tei in hand, aud that priJerence in the, I trainiiig stvould be given to the men who ai* in the last Iwo years of cokir '.MTvice. .\ supgeslive paragraph adds: "The training should not t>e confined U> men who have bonne good characters, but. on the wulrury, il should be mad« krtown gneerally that the course is ofven (as far 9s po.ssible) lo all men, whatever character they have borne," .As lo the cost ol llie technical Instruc- t'oB, 11 Ls added that, while the Govern- ment may make some oonlrthulkHi t»- warsls the Initial outlay, il Is the Inteo- lion that the men ihemselves shall bear a portton ol the expensas. Similar es- perlments have been made at more tiam <.ne naval station. They have had â- â€¢ flaancial aid from the Government, bul, hO Jar. have met wilh consiilerable s»»- cess. Ihe cast k> Ihe men ranging froi» M. to Is per week, except for motortng , where the charge was 4s 6d per weeh. Kther was first used in surgical opef%- tiom in tSM. K.very man h«s a right lo keep UB^ opinion to himself. The more a man knows al 20, U» *â- â€¢â€¢ h« is apt to know «t MX. \